o i jus got my uncles 99 f150
its a lariat sidestep stock everything 2wd
and everything works great evcept the motor
it burns a quart of oil a week and i want a new motor
i am looking at a chevy 350 crate engine
i have a race ready tranny 4 speed auto made by chevy
i want to know if the motor will fit in my truck and what will i have to do to get it to fit
do i have to mod. the engine brackets and what about the ac unit will it fit
and what will the computer do since i wont have fuel injetion anymore jus a carb
and if there r any other problems let me know

 

Asking those kind of questions will get you shot around here. LOL! j/k man

I don't have much experience swapping engines, let alone from one manufactuer to another. I can give you some basics from what I know but nothing specific. As far as dimensions, radiator relocation, tranny crossmember relocation etc... What engine is in the F150 right now? 5.4 I'm assuming?

The fact alone that the truck won't be FI will be a big time saver. Swap over to a mechanical fuel pump or purchase an electric fuel pump designed for carburetors.

I'd imagine too you'd need to make new engine mounts. Make them yourself, have someone make them for you. Never seen anyone who makes Chevy Swap kits into F150's

What model is the Chevy tranny? TH700R4? You'll probably need to do some machining to the driveshaft or have a custom new one made whether it'd be longer or shorter than the stock driveshaft.

 

I don't really see any benefits here. First off, switching from FI to carb is a downgrade, especially for racing. And before you say that Nascar doesn't use FI, thats because it is against the rules. The finer fuel control of fuel injection makes for more power. Seems to me it would be easier, probably cheaper, and more rewarding to modify the 5.4L, you know, racing cams, large bore and/or stroke, performance exhaust, etc. The 350, especially a carbed one, is a dog in comparison, I hope you are at least running a Vortec.

 

I agree with Bear. Take the money your going to spend trying to shoe-horn the Chevy in and spend it on a rebuild for the 5.4. Then find you a Camaro or Nova and make a street rod with the 350.

 

yea i know nascar dont use fi cause of rules
i would get fi but for 3200 dollars i dont think so
and i dont think that the 5.4L can get 300 horsepower and 350 torque
and the motor is burning oil a quart a week and thats cause the piston wall is scared
and it has 190k miles

 

DAMN,,,,,Atleast put a FORD engine in the truck !!!! S#%t like that really pi$$'s me off !

If you have a Ford,,keep it all Ford !

If your a BOWTIE fan,,,,,then stick that 350 up your own,,,,,,,,,,engine bay !!

Someday,,We would love to do a " POWERED BY FORD" ,,,Camaro or Chevelle,,,to hit the streets with one would surely make some,,and it would be GREAT !

You can get a FORD crate engine just a easy as that Bowtie engine !

 

well i could but it doesnt have the power for the price
300hp ford = 5500 base no ac, alt. or anything
325hp chevy = 4500 base no nothin
if i had the extra grand i would do it
but i already have a tranny for it

 

It'll probably cost you that thousand trying to make the thing work with a chevy motor and trans.

IMO, not even close to being worth it to make this "swap".

You have everything you need for the Ford.

Put the chevy in a chevy would be the way to go IMO.

 

I always wanted to do a 56 Chevy BelAir or a 69 Dodge Charger with a 460 Ford motor.

A classic and one of the favorite cars of my childhood....before I learned the ways of the world and bought a Ford!

Mustangs with rat motors just frost my B@!!$.....

I believe the best way to use that Chevy motor would be to put a Silverado under it

 

I know that even the older 5.4 liter engines had 350lbs/ft of torque at 2500 RPMs, and the newer ones get 300HP and 365 lbs/ft of torque. It will cost some money to get a stock 350 to those specs anyway. Why not try to find a decent used 5.4 liter engine? If that isn's possibe, try to rebuild the 5.4. Putting a Chebby drivetrain in the Ford is probably a gigantic pain in the you-know-what. Why couldn't you reuse the transmission (assuming you use the Ford engine too)?

 

i have personally driven and raced several 350 vortech silverados and the 5.4l ford will whip the **** out of any of them in stock formats.

 

Have you ever kissed you sister??? Why don't you go all out and put in a slant 6!! Why don't you burn it now and save what little respect you have for all FORDS.

 

All of the 350s I have drove are fairly slow esp. if they arent the vortec 350.

Anyway it would take alot of money to swap it over. Something to keep in mind is that none of the gauges would work properly with that motor. So factor in the price for custom tuning for the computer, plus a bunch of other stuff.

If you dont think the 5.4 can make some power, swap in a 4V 5.4 and get a custom tune done on it, you wont be disappointed.

 

yea i think i might jus stay with a ford motor
thinkin about getting this one
Pro-formance Unlimited
tell me what u think
but i do have a chevy 454 big block wit 600 hp and 650 torque
but i dont think that will fit and spend 600 on that to change the cams to get to pass inspection and lose 50 hp about and put that in wit the race tranny and spend 2k gettin it to fit and set up the computer and its already fuel injected

 

To accomplish what you are describing you would have to be very determined and also very mechanically inclined. The job would require fabrication upon many levels including wiring ,cooling , exhaust, mounting and more than likely you would also be swapping in a chevy trans to match. Unexpected incompatabilitys would occure and it would be easy to spend a couple thousand making the small details work. I would expect the end result probably would fail all mandatory emmissions tests required every couple years. In my state(Illinois)the vehicle would be required to have a working MIL light , along with a properly working computer system, and without that, the vehicle could get your drivers license suspended, along with the license plates, making such a vehicle off road only. The easiest way to repair the truck would be to get a similar engine in size and year to what you are working with, and later build a say 60s car which is emissions exempt to whatever your heart(and wallet) can afford. Also, consider the worth of such a custom truck when it is professionally finished, the resale would be quite low.